Cuff for trousers.



S. ROSENTHAL.

CUFF FOR TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.|0. 191s.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

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SAMUEL ROSENTI-IAL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUFF FOR TROUSERS.

Application filed August 10, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ROSENTHAL, a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of the city of the New York,

county of New York, State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuffs for Trousers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cuffs for trousers.

Prior to this invention, the manufacturers of ready made trousers have folded .the lower margins of the leg members upwardly and inwardly, thus providing excess material some of which is to be used in forming the cuffs after the required length has been ascertained by the retail merchant who sells directly to the user. The cuffs are usually formed very hastily by bushelmen employed by the retailers for the purpose of altering various kinds of garments. Since these workmen are not specialists, the trousers cufis are not accurately formed and they do not have the neat appearance that could be obtained by an expert operator. Furthermore, on account of the time consumedby the bushelmen, it is expensive to form trousers cuffs in theordinary manner.

Therefore, the object of my invention is to produce trousers cuffs adapted to be made in large quantities, by expert workmen in the employ of garment manufacturers, and afterward shipped to the retailers with the trousers. Neat, accurate and inexpensive trousers cuffs may be made by the expert cufl-makers, and the new cuffs are so formed that they may be very easily and quickly attached to the trousers, by the bushelmen.

Figure I is a perspective view of the lower-portion of a trousers leg equipped with one of my cuffs. Fig. II is a view similar to Fig. I, showing the parts as they appear before the cuff is attached to the trousers. Fig. III is an enlarged vertical section, showing the cuff attached to the trousers. Fig. IV is a view showing a pair of cuffs attached to the trousers.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Serial No. 114,144.

In manufacturing the garment, the lower portion of each leg member is folded inwardly and upwardly, as shown at 1 in Fig. II, and if desired it may be stitched at 2 in the usual manner. The separate cuffs A are made by the garment manufacturer and shipped with the garment to the retailer.

Each cuff member is a continuous band, made of a strip of material having its upper and lower marginal portions 3 and t folded toward each other as shown most clearly in Fig. III. These folded marginal portions are surrounded by the intermediate portion of the strip of material of which the cuff is formed. 5 designates cement securing the folded margins to the intermediate portion of the material, and serving as a stiffener for the ready made cufi.

After the desired length has been ascertained, the lower portion of each trousers leg is usually cut and folded inwardly as shown at 1 in Figs. I and III, the folded portion being secured by means of stitches 2 at its upper edge. The folded lower edge of the cuff mav then be easily and quickly attached to the folded lower edge of the trousers leg, by means of stitches 6 (Fig. III). The folded lower edge of the trousers leg is concealed by the lower edge of the cuff which lies in a plane below the leg member.

I claim:

A pair of trousers having the lower portion of each of its leg members folded inwardly and upwardly, a pair of cufl's adapted to be attached to the folded lower portions of said leg members, each of said cufis being independent of said trousers and comprising a continuous strip of material having its upper andlower marginal portions folded toward each other, said upper and lower marginal portions being sur-' SAMUEL ROSENTHAL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

